1717 • The Freemasons were founded in London.
1896 • Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. The vehicle was called a quadricycle.
1911 • Gold was discovered in Alaskas Indian Creek.
1912 • Massachusetts becomes the 1st state to set a minimum wage.
1919 • Womens rights: Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the states for ratification.
1924 • An eternal light was dedicated at Madison Square in New York City in memory of all New York soldiers who died in World War One.
1973 • A patent for the ATM is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
1974 • The Cleveland Indians had 10¢ Beer Night. Due to the drunken and unruly fans the Indians forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1989 • The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the Peoples Liberation Army.
MjL 04 Jun 2013, 4:01 a.m.
One very nice thing about this motel is that it is as far from the train yard as possible. In trips past I have made the mistake of staying too close to the tracks and couldnt get any sleep. I went to bed at 8:00 last evening because it was still 9:00 in my body clock because of the time zone change. I will lose another hour today when I get to Phoenix.